NPC Hazing deaths?

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by naraht

I can personally remember news stories about hazing deaths in the NIC, NPHC fraternities and NPHC sororities, but I can't remember *any* NPC hazing deaths, even from my memory (which could be wrong) of the appendix in Nuwer's Broken Pledges, and he has a fairly good list.

Can anyone point me to anything for any NPC sorority? (note, as mentioned in another thread, the stereotype for the NPC is psychological hazing, so I'll take accusations of hazing causing suicide).

Oh, there are a few cases out there, though, I don't think the groups would appreciate a rehashing of the cases on this site. The deaths, IIRC, were alcohol related. Luckily, the cases are few and far between.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Oh, there are a few cases out there, though, I don't think the groups would appreciate a rehashing of the cases on this site. The deaths, IIRC, were alcohol related. Luckily, the cases are few and far between.

Agreed, few and far between. In fact I'd be surprised if the entire NPC had more than 2 per decade (on the outside). Which given the lifetime of the NPC, means that there would be NPC sororities with none.

You are right, simply due to changes in drinking patterns, I imagine that alcohol related deaths could be more significant than they were 40 years ago. Though my guess is that hazing deaths due to alcohol overdoses was not the number one reason for the changes in Alcohol policy for the NPC.

Randy